the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv with washington increasing the pressure for a humanitarian pause. we ll tell you what has come out of those meetings. this, as the leader of hezbollah hassan nasrallah gives a speech praising the hamas attacks, saying the possibility of total war is realistic . joining me to discuss all that is my panel ayesha hazarika and former us federal prosecutor, joe moreno. israel says its troops in gaza, are engaged in face to face combat, with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has spoken from a secret location. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas at
reached the centre of rafah of rafah for the first time and the hamas run health authority says at least 21 people were killed in west rafa after an explosion in an attended zone deemed safe for palestinians which comes two days after israeli bombs swept through a refugee camp in rafah leaving 45 dead including women and children. lucy williamson has more. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires t
which has been ordered to evacuate. the palestinian red crescent say it s impossible to move the hundreds of patients being treated there, including babies in incubators. the un s main relief agency has warned that the social fabric in gaza is starting to break because of a lack of basic supplies. this is the live camera shot from israel looking into gaza where the missile strikes have continued for another day, heading into past three weeks now since this war on hamas started. dr 0mar abdel mannan, a paediatric neurologist who has worked in gaza and the west bank since 2011 as part of medical delegations carrying out training and surgery. he s also co founder of gaza medic voices and has been in close contact with doctors in gaza since the fighting broke out, he described what doctors in gaza have been saying. we ve been in contact with doctors and surgeons on the ground since the first day of the escalation, so it is now more than three weeks. what i ve had this morning, an
and north korea help each other in the event of aggression against either country. north korea s leader called the agreement a new high level of alliance , sparking concerns in western countries. but the full details of the pact and its consequences remain unclear. our correspondent shaima khalil reports from south korea. vladimir putin s pyongyang trip was choreographed to a t, with some surreal, made for tv moments, like this one of him driving kim jong un on the streets of pyongyang. earlier, kim il sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites. since his war on u
in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by prosecutor